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deafen
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
deafen
(verb)
deafening
(adjective)
silence
(noun)
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deafen
/
ˈ
dɛfən/
verb
deafens
;
deafened
;
deafening
deafen
/
ˈ
dɛfən/
verb
deafens
;
deafened
;
deafening
Learner's definition of DEAFEN
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+ object
]
:
to make (someone) unable to hear
We were
deafened
by the explosion.
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